James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, greets the twelve tribes that are living abroad.
Jakob, služabnik Boga in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa, dvanajsterim rodovom, ki so razkropljeni naokoli, pozdrav.
2 My friends, whatever trials you may face from time to time, always regard them as a reason for rejoicing,
Moji bratje, kadar zapadate v številne skušnjave, štejte to [za] veliko veselje,
3 knowing, as you do, that the testing of your faith develops endurance.
ker veste to, da preizkušenost vaše vere ustvarja potrpežljivost.
4 And let endurance do its work perfectly, so that you may be altogether perfect, and in no respect lacking.
Toda naj ima potrpežljivost svoje popolno delo, da boste lahko popolni in celotni, [da vam] ničesar ne manjka.
5 If any one of you lacks wisdom, they should ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to everyone without reproach, and it will be given to them.
Če [pa] komu izmed vas manjka modrosti, naj prosi od Boga, ki velikodušno daje vsem ljudem in ne očita; in dana mu bo.
6 But they should ask with confidence, never doubting; for the person who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven here and there at the mercy of the wind –
Toda prosi naj v veri niti malo omahujoč. Kajti kdor omahuje, je podoben morskemu valu, [ki ga] žene veter in ga premetava.
7 Such a person must not expect that they will receive anything from the Lord,
Kajti tak človek naj ne misli, da bo karkoli prejel od Gospoda.
8 vacillating as they are, irresolute at every turn.
Človek dvojnih misli je nestanoviten na vseh svojih poteh.
9 Let a follower in humble circumstances be proud of their exalted position,
Naj se brat nizkega položaja veseli v tem, da je povišan;
10 but a rich follower of their humiliation; for the rich will pass away like a wild flower.
toda bogat v tem, da je ponižan, ker bo minil kakor cvet na travi.
11 As the sun rises, and the hot wind blows, the plant withers, its flower fades, and all its beauty is gone. So is it with the rich. In the midst of their pursuits they will wither away.
Kajti takoj, ko sonce vzide z žgočo vročino, to izsuši travo in njen cvet pade in lepota njenega videza propade; tako bo tudi bogataš zbledel na svojih poteh.
12 Blessed is the person who remains firm under temptation, for, when they have stood the test, they will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Blagoslovljen je človek, ki preizkušnjo vzdrži; kajti ko je preizkušen, bo prejel krono življenja, ki jo je Gospod obljubil tistim, ki ga ljubijo.
13 Let no one say, when they are tempted, ‘It is God who is tempting me!’ For God, who cannot be tempted to do wrong, does not himself tempt anyone.
Naj noben človek, ko je skušan, ne reče: »Skušan sem od Boga, « kajti Bog ne more biti skušan z zlom niti sam nikogar ne skuša.
14 A man is in every case tempted by their own passions – allured and enticed by them.
Toda vsak je skušan, ko je odtegnjen s svojimi lastnimi poželenji in premamljen.
15 Then passion conceives and gives birth to sin, and sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth death.
Ko je potem poželenje spočeto, rojeva greh. Greh pa, ko je dovršen, rojeva smrt.
16 Do not be deceived, my dear friends.
Ne motite se, moji ljubljeni bratje.
17 Every good thing given us, and every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down to us from the Father of the lights in the heavens, who is himself never subject to change or to eclipse.
Vsak dober dar in vsako popolno darilo je od zgoraj in prihaja dol od Očeta svetil, s katerim ni nestanovitnosti niti sence obračanja.
18 Because he so willed, he gave us life, through the message of the truth, so that we should be, as it were, a kind of first fruits of his creation.
Po svoji lastni volji nas je zaplodil z besedo resnice, da naj bi bili mi nekako prvenci njegovih ustvarjenih bitij.
19 Mark this, my dear friends – Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;
Zatorej, moji ljubljeni bratje, naj bo vsak človek hiter za poslušanje, počasen za govorjenje, počasen za bes;
20 for human anger does not forward the righteous purpose of God.
kajti človekov bes ne uresničuje Božje pravičnosti.
21 Therefore, get rid of all filthiness and whatever wickedness still remains, and in a humble spirit receive that message which has been planted in your hearts and is able to save your souls.
Zatorej dajte proč vso umazanost in odvečno porednost ter s krotkostjo sprejmite vcepljeno besedo, ki je zmožna rešiti vaše duše.
22 Put that message into practice, and do not merely listen to it – deceiving yourselves.
Toda bodite uresničevalci besede in ne le poslušalci, ki sami sebe varajo.
23 For, when anyone listens to it and does not practice it, they are like a person looking at their own face in a mirror.
Kajti če je kdorkoli poslušalec besede, ne pa uresničevalec, je podoben človeku, ki svoj naraven obraz ogleduje v zrcalu;
24 They look at themselves, then go on their way,
kajti gleda sebe in gre svojo pot ter nemudoma pozabi, kakšne vrste človek je bil.
25 but the person who looks carefully into the perfect Law, the Law of freedom, and continues to do so, not listening to it and then forgetting it, but putting it into practice – that person will be blessed in what they do.
Toda kdorkoli gleda v popolno postavo svobode in ostaja v njej, ni pozabljiv poslušalec, temveč izvrševalec dela, bo ta človek blagoslovljen v svojem dejanju.
26 When a person appears to be religious, yet does not bridle their tongue, but imposes on their own conscience, that person’s religious observances are valueless.
Če je katerikoli človek med vami videti religiozen, pa ne brzda svojega jezika, temveč zavaja svoje lastno srce, je bogoslužje tega človeka prazno.
27 That religious observance which is pure and spotless in the eyes of God our Father is this – to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the world.
Čisto in neomadeževano bogoslužje pred Bogom in Očetom je to: »Obiskovati osirotele in vdove v njihovi stiski ter se ohraniti neomadeževanega od sveta.«
